Apple is launching its Wi-Fi iPad in China on September 17. The company will offer 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB models of the tablet. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20016195-17.html” class=”origPostedBlog”The Digital Home/a/p
The Compact Prime CP.2 family gets new 50mm and 100mm members and the ability to mount to Nikon SLRs. Also: Zeiss’ first accessories. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20016198-264.html” class=”origPostedBlog”Deep Tech/a/p
Earlier this summer at E3, Ubisoft teased its latest license, with a stage full of dancers battling it out, “Beat It” style. The company announced that it had the right to Michael Jackson’s likeness, nearly a year after the unexpected death of the king of pop.
The result of the partnership is the forthcoming “Michael Jackson: The Experience” title, a dance game aimed at teaching players the singer’s signature moves with 25 to 30 of his biggest hits.
The title is set to arrive on the Nintendo Wii and DS and the Sony PSP, this November. Players with other consoles will have to wait until 2011, however. The larger console versions of the games will take advantage of their respective systems motion controllers.
Apple’s iPad has already done quite well already, thank you very much. Until now, the tablet has been available through Apple–via its Webstore and ever-growing list of retail locations–and Best Buy. But the best way for the company to really hit a sales spike this holiday would be to ensure the device’s placement in even more retail locations.
After all, the tablet is its own best salesman–it’s hard to explain how well the device works, without having one sitting directly in front of you.
Word is that Apple plans to extend the iPad’s retail reach in time for the holiday, thanks to a still unannounced partnership with Target, which is set to make the tablet available for sale on October 3rd.
It should be said that, while such a deal certainly makes a lot of sense for Target and Apple alike, the evidence doesn’t seem all that concrete at the moment. Among the pieces of leaked information are an inventory list with a $599 “mystery product” and shots from a Target PDA.
The product is listed in the Digital Audio section where Target files its eBook readers. Makes sense, and it’ll be fun to see the device on sale right next to Amazon’s Kindle.
Photojojo’s Camera Strap Buddy is an almost ridiculously simple widget that could change the way you carry your camera. Nothing more than a small metal bracket and a tripod-screw, the Buddy lets you use your existing camera strap but makes carrying the camera a lot more comfortable.
The usual neck-strap is possibly the worst way to carry a camera. If anything heavier than a pocket-camera around my neck, it starts to get uncomfortable, fast. Use a longer strap and sling it across your chest like a messenger-bag and things get better, but bigger cameras can be bouncy, and knock against your hip. The Camera Strap Buddy lets you run a strap from one of the regular strap brackets to the bottom of the camera.
When slung bandolier-style, even a heavy camera sits comfortably at your side, and is kept out of your way but ready for a quick grab-shot. I haven’t tested Photojojo’s adapter, but I have tried others and it’s possible to carry something like Nikon’s hefty D700 around all day and still be comfortable.
Could you make your own? Indubitably, but why bother? The Camera Strap Buddy is just $15. Just make sure you screw it in tight.
Camera Strap Buddy [Photojojo]
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Before you start dreaming of 155-inch OLED displays for your home theater, let us remind you that this Mitsubishi panel happens to pack an ignobly low 69 8.5dpi pixel density. So while it is indeed a wall-sized OLED image maker, it’s not exactly designed to match up to the HD rigors of modern video. Composed of smaller, bezel-free modules, Mitsu’s Diamond Vision OLED display has gone from CEATEC prototype last year to a triumphant retail product this year, starting to be exchanged for cash, trinkets and favors this September 21. As you might have guessed, it’s primarily intended for use in digital signage scenarios — which should be great so long as nobody tries to perch one up in the sun.
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Sometimes, you just need more USB ports. And when you are on the go, having a separate USB hub is not the most practical or economical use of space. If you own a ThinkPad, the Lenovo Power Hub is a nifty solution to give you that extra port when you need it.
The Lenovo Power Hub is actually a ThinkPad power charger. The power brick plugs into the wall like you normally would, and it also has a USB cable that plugs in to a port on your machine. With this setup, you can power your laptop as usual, and connect up to four other devices at the same time. Three of the ports have USB 2.0 data transfer capabilities, so you can access the information on your devices while plugged in. The fourth port is a dedicating power charging port.
The Power Hub supports Lenovo’s 65-watt and 90-watt laptops. The hub is compatible with the ThinkPad Edge series, L series, SL series, T series, and X series. It also works with the X200 Tablet and X201 Tablet models.
The power charger can keep charging the devices even if the laptop is not plugged into the brick. It’s not clear whether Lenovo will include the Power Hub in their laptop bundles for sale.
The Power Hub is available right now for $74.99. The delights of always having your products powered up and ready? Priceless.
The living room wars move on to the remote control. Motorola takes on TiVo Slide with NYXboard, its own version of the keyboard remote control.
The NYXboard remote packs in a compact QWERTY-keyboard on the back of its standard cable box remote. Sensors recognize which side is facing up and deactivate the side not in use. No more worrying about accidentally changing the channel while using the keyboard side of the remote!
The remote controls both the cable TV set-top box and the television set.
Motorola is expected to make the remote available by the end of the year, but it will be up to the individual cable companies as to whether customers will actually receive the keyboard remote with their cable TV boxes.
One of the pleasures of writing in pencil is the friction of two solid materials in contact. One of the delights of writing in pen is that you can write continuously without having to stop to sharpen your stylus. Writing in metal, while expensive, provides some of the benefits of both while exhibiting its own unique beauty.
These two (that’s right, two) different metal pen manufacturers come to us by way of champ design blog Dornob. Both models work on the same principle: A tiny amount of metal alloy transfers from the pen to the page. Unlike pencil, it can’t be smudged with your hand, and unlike ink, it doesn’t need to dry. The amount of alloy for each stroke is so tiny that the pens are expected to last a lifetime without needing to be refilled or replaced. You can sharpen the tips for a finer point with a little sandpaper.
Each company takes a slightly different approach. The Inkless Metal Pen by Vat19 ($27.95) goes with a full stainless-steel barrel. Their marketing department, as you can see from the video above, also has a sharp, playful, dudely sense of humor. (The word “awesome” gets thrown around a lot, and there’s a Scrooge McDuck reference.)
Grand Illusions goes a little more highbrow with their Metal Pens (£13.99/$21.54). They have two short versions (including one that can be worn as a keychain) and a Beta Pen (£12.99/$20.00) which comes with a full-length extension in either black or silver metal or cherry-stained wood.
Grand Illusions also appends a short history on writing in silverpoint: “In the Medieval period, artists and scribes often used a metal stylus in order to draw on a specially prepared paper surface. Generally known as Metalpoint, or Silverpoint when the stylus was made of silver, artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Dürer and Rembrandt all used this technique.” My friends, this is music to my early-modern-loving ears. (Luckily, you don’t have to rub your paper with pumice to get these 21st-century pens to make an impression.
The alloy in the Vat19 pen (at least) has trace amounts of lead, so it’s not so good for kids. Both are targeted for designers, lefties (who often have to deal with smearing or smudging ink/graphite as they trace their hand across the page), and geeks who like even their handwriting to be all shiny. (Note: The writing isn’t actually very shiny, more kind of a matte titanium, but you can pretend).
Images via Vat19 and Grand Illusions. Story via Dornob.
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The 1080p webcam party is just getting started, Logitech kicking things off with the $99 C910 earlier this year, and now things are heating up with Microsoft making its appearance. Today the company is announcing the immediate availability of the $99 Lifecam Studio, an upgraded version of the LifeCam Cinema HD that’s pushing more pixels and a few other nice features, like a threaded receiver for tripod use. Overkill, or is this the webcam you want? Click on through to find out.
Gallery: Microsoft LifeCam Studio
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